The Birdist
@thebirdist.bsky.social
Writing: www.nicholaslund.com
Books: Dinosaurs to Chickens: How Evolution Works (2024); The Ultimate Biography of Earth (2022); American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Maine (2022) Purchase here: https://tinyurl.com/yfpfzjrx
Books: Dinosaurs to Chickens: How Evolution Works (2024); The Ultimate Biography of Earth (2022); American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Maine (2022) Purchase here: https://tinyurl.com/yfpfzjrx
Part 5: Celebration. Thank you.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Part 5: Celebration. Thank you.
Chasing a Vagrant Bird, a story in 5 parts.
Part 1: Remember the Parody Song from 2009 Titled “I’m On a Boat”?
Part 1: Remember the Parody Song from 2009 Titled “I’m On a Boat”?
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Chasing a Vagrant Bird, a story in 5 parts.
Part 1: Remember the Parody Song from 2009 Titled “I’m On a Boat”?
Part 1: Remember the Parody Song from 2009 Titled “I’m On a Boat”?
I love the taxonomic phrase “and their allies” because it makes it sound like species are choosing sides for a great Bird War
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I love the taxonomic phrase “and their allies” because it makes it sound like species are choosing sides for a great Bird War
Birding in the Louvre. These dudes have the right idea.
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Birding in the Louvre. These dudes have the right idea.
Bonjour from Paris! This blackbird beat me at chess.
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Bonjour from Paris! This blackbird beat me at chess.
The Seattle P-I story on the scandal is amazing, and Craven just melts down in the most Somerville, Massachusetts way possible. www.seattlepi.com/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Seattle P-I story on the scandal is amazing, and Craven just melts down in the most Somerville, Massachusetts way possible. www.seattlepi.com/news/article...
Went down a rabbit hole re: Jeff Turner, the only NBA player from Maine before Cooper Flagg. Turner’s Wiki includes a scandal from a guy named Ronnie Craven who impersonated Turner to have sex with women, and who achieved unprecedented levels of honestly with the reporter who called him out.
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Went down a rabbit hole re: Jeff Turner, the only NBA player from Maine before Cooper Flagg. Turner’s Wiki includes a scandal from a guy named Ronnie Craven who impersonated Turner to have sex with women, and who achieved unprecedented levels of honestly with the reporter who called him out.
10/10 planet. Would recommend.
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
10/10 planet. Would recommend.
There’s hustle, then there’s “leave comments on a 2016 blogspot post hoping to get someone to rent a crane” hustle.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There’s hustle, then there’s “leave comments on a 2016 blogspot post hoping to get someone to rent a crane” hustle.
Duck Hunt taught me everything I know about identifying different species of birds on the wing
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Duck Hunt taught me everything I know about identifying different species of birds on the wing
Please don't ask Grok to identify birds for you. Wrong answers, all.
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Please don't ask Grok to identify birds for you. Wrong answers, all.
I founded the Google Street View Birding Facebook group many years ago, and it still rules. Daniel Armstrong just found this SOOTY SHEARWATER from a boat off Ireland. Shearwaters are obvs really hard to find because, you know, no streets...
maps.app.goo.gl/sV71dU41HUYy...
maps.app.goo.gl/sV71dU41HUYy...
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I founded the Google Street View Birding Facebook group many years ago, and it still rules. Daniel Armstrong just found this SOOTY SHEARWATER from a boat off Ireland. Shearwaters are obvs really hard to find because, you know, no streets...
maps.app.goo.gl/sV71dU41HUYy...
maps.app.goo.gl/sV71dU41HUYy...
Ian put on a really fun bird trivia tonight! For one of the categories he turned photos into black and white negatives and made us guess the species. What do you think for this one?
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Ian put on a really fun bird trivia tonight! For one of the categories he turned photos into black and white negatives and made us guess the species. What do you think for this one?
Truly honored that a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has chosen to chisel up my little backyard apple tree
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Truly honored that a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has chosen to chisel up my little backyard apple tree
I keep my Maine state list on an official @MaineAudubon checklist in addition to eBird. I have just two unfilled boxes after seeing a Gray-cheeked Thrush on Saturday: Great Gray Owl and Sedge Wren (dipped on both several times).
October 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I keep my Maine state list on an official @MaineAudubon checklist in addition to eBird. I have just two unfilled boxes after seeing a Gray-cheeked Thrush on Saturday: Great Gray Owl and Sedge Wren (dipped on both several times).
Genius detectives but they can’t sniff out the difference between a hawk and a falcon 🙄
October 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Genius detectives but they can’t sniff out the difference between a hawk and a falcon 🙄